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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Pages 28 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shimamura believe is the relationship between Yoko and Yukio?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) Employer and employee.
(d) Friends.

2. What can be said of Komako's mood when she is with Shimamura in the first half of Part One of the novel?
(a) Komako is happy.
(b) Komako has mood swings.
(c) Komako hides her moods.
(d) Komako is depressed.

3. What is the temperature in snow country?
(a) Minus twenty degrees.
(b) Unseasonably warm.
(c) Ten degrees.
(d) Below zero.

4. What relationship does Shimamura want with Komako?
(a) Friendship.
(b) No relationship at all.
(c) A romantic relationship.
(d) An employer/employee relationship.

5. What does Shimamura pretend to look at during his trip to the resort town?
(a) A poster.
(b) The scenery.
(c) His feet.
(d) A newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Shimamura's room at night, what does Komako claim is ailing her before stating that she must go home?

2. What does Komako have to drink after barging into Shimamura's room for the second time?

3. What does Yukio's mother do for a living?

4. How does Shimamura admit he acted toward the young geisha?

5. What does Shimamura say he often loses with himself?

(see the answer key)

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